Eyes for dolls and the like



A ril 27,1926. 1,582,364

- w. J. wlscH I E YES FOR DOLLS AND THE LIKE Filed August 30 1924 2Sheets-Sheet 1 v I gwumtgz WALTER LMs CH April 27 1926.

1,582,364 w. J. WISCH EYES EOR DOLLS AND THE LIKE Filed August 30 92 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

UNITED sures PATENT. orrics.

WALTER J. WISGH, or nanrimonnrmnvnaivn.

EYES FOR DOLLS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed August 30, 1924. Serial Nb. 735,088.

more city and State of Maryland, has in-.

vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Eyes for Dolls and thelike, of,

which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin eyes fordolls and thelike, and has for its particular object the provision of aneye construction capable of beingmanufactured at a comparatively smallcost and one Whichcan be easily and quickly assembled and efiicientlymounted in. a doll head and held against accidental displacementtherefrom.

A further ob 'ect of this invention is the provision of an eyeconstruction for dolls or the like, stamped from a single blank, andadapted to'be drawn and mounted on a shaft in a doll head.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a blank stampedto provide a pair of eyes relatively spaced apart and a shaft adapted tohave the eyes mounted thereon and-positioned in a doll head, the

stamping of the eyes and placing them in a position to coincide with theeye openings in a doll head.

Heretofore it has beennecessary in making the eyes and assembling in the'doll head, to have many operations, such a making the eyes in separateparts, the mounting and sealing of the eyes on a shaft, and-the mountingof a shaft in a dollhead. This has been an extremely expensiveproposition and has added to the cost of the doll materially. Now toovercome this serious ob jection, 1 have brought forth the followinginvention, and my particular aim n this;

invention is to cut the cost of manufacturing to a minimum, whichnecessarily reduces the ultimate cost of the finished doll. The primaryobject in this accomplishment is the making of the eyes out of a singleblank, a shaft, mounting the eyes on :the shaft,

and the mounting of the shaft in the doll 'blank and fastened in asingle operation in a doll head. I

Another object of this invention s the provision of a shaft so fastenedin a doll 1 J. l Vrson, citihead and having secured thereon the eyes soas to permit relative lateral movement of the eyes without destroyingthe anchor ing means of the shaft.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a pair ofeyes stamped from a single blank provided with trunnions, said trunnionsadapted to fit in brackets carried by a doll head, so as to permit theeyes to be readilymounted therein.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a pair ofeyes stamped from a single blank including a weight carrying member andstops, which stops limit the movementsof the eyes in open and closedposition.

lVit-h these and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the drawings, andclaimed.

In the drawings, v

Figure 1 is a planview of the blank from which the eyes andweightcarrying'member are stamped,

Figure 2 is a side elevational blank,

Figure 3 is a rear plan view the eyes and weight carrying drawnposition,

Figure 4 is a side, elevationalview of the eyes and weigl'it carryingmember mounted on the shaft and having the weight at' tached thereto, i

.Figure 5 is a rear elevational view of a doll head illustrating thepreferred embodiment of my invent-ion in active, working position, a

Figure 6 is an enlarged elevational view showing a slightly modifiedform of my in vention, 1 v

Figure 7 is a fragmentary transverse sec-' tional view illustrating themodified form of. the invention in active position, showing the eyesopen, I

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view of the preferred form of theinvention illustrating the eyes in open position,

Figure 9 is a: detailed, side elevational view, partly broken away,illustrating the eyes in closed position, and I Figure 10 is an enlargedfragmentary perspective view illustrating the modified form of afastening means for anchoring the shaft in a doll head. 7

Referring to the drav 'ings, the numeral 5 view of the I illustratingmember in indicates a blank of metal stamped to provide a pair ofrelatively spaced circular members 6 constituting eyes, these membersbeing connected by a bridge 7 which has a depending circular weightcarrying memher 8. The members (3 are provided at diametrically oppositepoints with stop lugs 5), and at the extreme outer edgeswith bearingmembers ill, the bearing mei'nbers ll) being provided with openings 11,so that the member 5 in, its entirety may be mounted on a shaft.

The construction justdescribed, is struck in a. single operation from a,single blank and constitutes the entire eye construction, it being onlynecessary to draw the eyes into the position shown in Figures 3 and i,and provide the eye members with suitable lithograph work 12, and theweight carrying member 8 with suitable weight material 13. lVhen themember 5 is drawn in the manner just described, it providessemi-circular members (5 and 8 in cross section and at the same time themembers .10 are bent at right angles to the bridge 7 so as to formbearings for a suitable shaft in order that the eyes proper may bemounted in a doll head A.

'To properly position the member 5 in its entirety in a. doll head A, Iprovide suitable L-shaped shaft let, the longer arm of which extendsthrough the bearings 10 of the member 5 and has its extreme outer endflattened as at 15 so as to prevent the memher 5 from slipping laterallytherefrom. The shaft 14 is then secured in the doll head A by solderingthe shorter arm 16 thereof to a portion of the doll head as at 17. Thefastening means 17, such as solder or the like, extend from a point atthe extreme end of the shorter arm to within a spaced distance of thelonger arm so as to leave suiiicient resiliency in the longer arm topermit it to be moved laterally in event pressure should be placed onthe eyes 6.

It is to be noted that when the eyes are mounted as illustrated inFigures 5 and S, that the eyes of member 5 when in open position arearranged at. an angle of about forty-live degrees, and when the head islaid down the weight carrying member will move the eyes on the shaft 14to the position shown in Figure 9, and the stops 9 will limit themovements of the eyes in these two directions by engagement withportions of the doll head A;

In assembling this preferred construction, it is only necessary to stampthe blank as in Figures '1 and 2, draw the blank as in Figures 3 and 4t,and provide the members 6 and 8 with a lithograph material 12 and weight13, respectively, mount the eyes on the shaft 1st, ii the shaft by themeans 17 in a doll head, and thedevice is then assembled complete andready for sale.

New referring to the slight modification shown in Figures (5 and 7, theblank 5 is identical with that shown in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, theonly material change is the drawing of the l.)earing members ll) intotrunnions '18, which trunhions are mounted in suitable brackets 19secured in the doll head A. The brackets it) may be secured by anysuitable fastening means, such as solder or the like, it only beingnecessary when assembling to snap the trunnions 13 into the brackets 19in the position shown in Figures 6 and 7. The operation of the eye beingidentical with the preferred form, it is not believed that furthermatter descriptive of this modification is necessary.

Now referring to the modification shown in Figure 10, it pertainsparticularly to the shaft 14, which shaft has its smaller arm providedwith a substantially rectangular web member 20, which provides a sealingmeans or securing means whereby the shaft may be embedded and securelyfastened in a composition or papier-mach doll head B. The only time itis necessary to use this type of construction of shaft is when it isdesired to fasten the eyes in a. composition doll: head, which may bemade of papiermache, plaster of Paris, or the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

An eye structure for doll heads, comprising a blank stamped to provide apair of spaced connected members forming spherical eye members, theterminal of the connecting portion depending therefrom and constitutinga weight, carrying member, stop lugs struck from the blank and forming apart of said spherical members, bearings struck from said blank andforming a part of said spherical members, and a shaft mounted in saidbearing members of the blank whereby the latter may be secured in a dollhead.

In testimony whereof he hereunto aliixes \VALTER J. lVISCI-I.

his signature.

